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Brooks Camp Visitor Center
The only regular staffed visitor center in Katmai with a bookstore and all the backcountry info you can imagine.
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Brooks Camp Visitor Center Details
This is the only regularly staffed visitor center within the park. Located at Brooks Camp along Naknek Lake, the Brooks Camp Visitor Center is a mandatory first stop for all visitors coming in to Brooks Camp, whether for the day or for an overnight. It is particularly important on your arrival to hear the “bear etiquette” talk. Don't miss this! During the salmon run in July and September, the Brooks Camp area is literally overrun with bears and park rangers do everything they can to avoid any human-bear conflict. Also at the visitor center, you can check in for your campground, sign up for ranger-led tours of Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes, get information to plan your backcountry trip, and file your trip itinerary before heading into the backcountry. The Alaska Geographic Society runs a bookstore here where you can purchase maps, guides, and small souvenirs. The visitor center is open daily from June 1 through September 17.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Brooks Camp Visitor Center
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Savonoski Loop
This 80-mile loop is one of the most popular inland paddling routes in the park.
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Katmai National Park
The centerpiece of massive, 7,383-square-mile Katmai National Park is the still-active Mount Katmai stratovolcano and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a 40-mile-long ash flow deposited by an eruption in 1912.
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Brooks Lodge
Previously a fishing cap, this lodge now overs 16 rustic rooms and a classic Alaskan dining experience.
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Cultural Site
Katmai National Park is known for its prehistoric native Alaskan campsites, so be sure to check out the Cultural Site at Brooks Camp.
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Culture Site Trail
Don't miss the daily 2pm ranger guided walk on the cultural site trail.
